You’re gonna wanna read this. Also remember baseball is a business.
Sandy Alderson: Considering where we are now with respect to revenues, in order for us to approach a break-even proposition, we have to keep our payroll at a lower range than it has been in the last few years. Now, as the team performs better and the revenues increase, there will be the opportunity to increase payroll. So, where we are now is at a point of trying to bring our expenses (including most importantly payroll) to be in line with our revenue; and so we’re trying to approach it on a more balanced basis.
via MetsBlog Q&A: Cerrone talks to Sandy about spending | MetsBlog.com.